Barriers to Structural Transformation in North Africa

FromJun 18, 2014 To Jun 20, 2014

Accra, Ghana

ERF organized a parallel session at GDN’s 15th Annual Conference that took place in Accra, June 18-20,  2014. The theme of the conference was Structural Transformation in Africa and Beyond, an issue of relevance to the ERF region. ERF’s session attempted to explain the reasons behind the disappointing  structural transformation outcomes in the region and the extent to which overvaluation has hindered firm-level exports in North African economies during the last few decades. Moreover, the session  attempted to highlight how politics has shaped industrial policy outcomes and how crony alliances have  contributed to promoting economic and social exclusion.